Developing basketball skills is the name of the game this week as area ladies made the trip to Wayland Baptist University to attend the annual Flying Queens Camp of Champions.

“This camp is helping me to get my game under control,” said Whitharral senior Mia Ochoa.

“I really needed to work on my dribbling and we are doing a lot of ball control drills. I’m learning a lot of new skills and (Wayland) seems like a really cool environment . . . the players are super awesome.”

The Flying Queens Camp of Champions features three sessions throughout the month of June. Sessions include: skills and drills, a pee-wee camp and a position and agility camp.

“I think there are a variety of things that these girls can get from these camps,” Flying Queen head coach Tory Bryant said.

“In all of our camps we emphasize the fundamentals. Especially in our skills and drills camp we work on a lot of fundamentals like shooting, passing, rebounding, dribbling and defense.

“In our pee wee camp we are really trying to generate an interest in the game while at the same time teaching the basics.”

“Our positions and agility camp is directed toward our high schools kids, developing offensive skills in and outside the perimeter.”

Girls from more than 20 local schools visited the Wayland campus for a chance to fine-tune their skill before the upcoming season.

This week’s position and agility camp featured three days of workouts while girls stayed and visited the Wayland campus.

“Overall the kids seem to be having a good time,” Bryant said.

“I know they are working hard and they’re doing what is asked of them. Their very coachable and overall they want to get better and that’s what we want to stress.”